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In a series of public meetings that begins tonight, Health Department officials will provide information on the H1N1 swine flu virus and on their plans for delivering the newly approved vaccine.

Youth pastors were brought in Wednesday to provide counseling for grieving students.

Memphis University School, long one of the most elite private boys’ schools in Memphis, this year has more National Merit Scholarship semifinalists than any other school in the state.

A sergeant who led two major drug investigations last year has been named the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office’s Deputy Sheriff of the Year by the Kiwanis Club of Memphis.

Midway in Infant Mortality Awareness Month, a House resolution calling attention to the high rate of infant death in the U.S. and in Memphis passed unanimously this afternoon.

Mid-South members of Congress split along party lines over a resolution calling the "You lie!" outburst by U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., "a breach of decorum … to the discredit of the House."

The potential reductions mean a $6 million loss for the U of M, said President Shirley Raines, while nearly $2.2 million would be carved from Southwest's budget.

Sharonda Hampton gave her husband a sticky task Wednesday morning: pinning on her badge as a colonel with the Memphis Police Department.

A Memphis man faces aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and a host of other charges after shooting incident Tuesday night.

The Memphis Police Department released the names today of the victims in a fatal three-vehicle accident on Walnut Grove Tuesday.

Endorsing a measure opposed by school administrators, University of Memphis faculty senators voted unanimously Tuesday to support a proposal recommending that all four-year state universities be unified under a Nashville-based board.

Four years after Libertyland was shuttered, the Grand Carousel will finally leave the property, though its ultimate destination is still uncertain. A leading restoration firm, Carousels & Carvings Inc. of Marion, Ohio, will disassemble and store the 100-year-old amusement ride. Once the carousel exits the fairgrounds, so will the extra security detail that has ended up costing the city more than $250,000.

After flirting with the notion for the last several months, Deidre Malone and Harold Byrd are finally making official their competing bids for Shelby County mayor.

In her return to Memphis, Condoleezza Rice praised democracy and capitalism, recounted the early moments of 9/11 and said she liked her ribs wet.

A glimpse at those on the Oct. 15 ballot in the Memphis special election for mayor. Early voting begins Sept. 25.

ArtsMemphis interactive calendar, free on iPhone, iPod, launches Sept. 24.

Two people were shot in their car near Interstate 55 and South Parkway on Tuesday afternoon. Memphis police responded to the call, then found the man and woman in a Chevy Impala at I-55 and Horn Lake.

A man accused of trying to abduct a 7-year-old boy from an Overton Square restaurant last month waived a preliminary hearing Tuesday and indicated he would plead guilty later to attempted kidnapping charges.

Former Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese has been hired as a consultant.

Jefferson agreed to try to recover some of the money paid to attorney Robert Spence.